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Abstract: Manuscripts of her writings for children, galleys, original illustrations along with photographs and background material;
miscellaneous articles by and about her.

Languages Represented:
English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Manuscripts Division. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained by the reader.

Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.

Sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Division of the Bancroft Library.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Lois Lenski Papers were transferred to The Bancroft Library from the Ed Psych Library, University of California, Berkeley
on December 12, 1973, with additional material received on June 28, 1978.

Scope and Content

Lois Lenski (Mrs. Arthur S. Covey), artist and author, was born in Springfield, Ohio, October 14, 1893. She graduated from
Ohio State University, College of Education in 1915 and studied art at the Art Students' League in New York City and later
at Westminster School of Art in London, England. Lenski is best known as the author and illustrator of juvenile books. She
won the Newberry Medal in 1946 for Strawberry Girl, one of a popular series of American Regional Books written for children
grades 5 to 7. She received the Child Study Association Award in 1948 for Judy's Journey, the Children's Book Collection medallion
from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1969. Lenski died in 1974.

This collection consists of manuscripts of Lois Lenski's writings for children, including galleys and original illustrations,
along with background material and some fan letters from children and teachers. Included also are articles by and about Lenski
and a small number of book marks, jackets, and plates designed by Lenski.

Container Listing

SERIES 1: WRITINGS BY LOIS LENSKI

ARTICLES

Ctn. 1, folder 1

A - Z, by title (mainly tear-sheets)

BIG LITTLE DAVY

Ctn. 1, folder 2

Printer's proofs

HIGH RISE SECRET

Ctn. 1, folder 3

Fragments of manuscript

THE LIFE I LIVE

Ctn. 1, folder 4-5

Carbon typescript of manuscript

folder 6

Manuscripts of poems

folder 7

Front matter and instructions for the printer

folder 8

Proofs of illustrations

folder 9

Indexes, typed

folder 10-12

Printer's dummy for typesetting

folder 13-14

Printer's dummy for placement of illustrations

folder 15

Page proofs, with author's corrections

folder 16

Miscellaneous proofs

MR. AND MRS. NOAH

Ctn. 1, folder 17

Manuscript

POEMS

Ctn. 1, folder 18

Tear-sheets from various publications

SAN FRANCISCO BOY

Ctn. 1, folder 19

Letters from Dina Gianni, 1953-1955, which provided background for the book

folder 20

Miscellaneous background material

folder 21

Names of children; scrapbook page

TO BE A LOGGER

Ctn. 2, folder 1

Outline

folder 2

Letters showing background and beginnings of book

folder 3-4

Plant and tree specimens (2 v.)

folder 5

Holograph manuscript

folder 6

Manuscript fragments

folder 7

Typescript carbon of manuscript

folder 8

Printer's copy of manuscript

folder 9-10

Galley proofs

folder 11

Cut up galleys

folder 12

Printer's page dummy

folder 13

Page proof

WE LIVE IN THE NORTH

Ctn. 2, folder 14

Fragments of manuscript

WE LIVE IN THE SOUTHWEST

Ctn. 2, folder 15

Printer's copy of manuscript

folder 16

Galley proofs

folder 17-19

Background material (including photographs, notes and rough sketches) for
A Knife for Tomaso, The Turquoise Necklace, Ghost Town Boy

WHITE GIRL CAPTIVE

Ctn. 2, folder 20

Manuscript of play, based on Lois Lenski's book,
Indian Captive

SERIES 2: PERSONAL MISCELLANY

Box 1, folder 1

Awards for Lois Lenski

folder 2

Bibliographical references to Lois Lenski's work

folder 3

Biographical material, including various articles written about Lois Lenski and her work